Copthorne F.C.

Copthorne
Full name	Copthorne Football Club
Founded	2004
Ground	The Camping World Community Stadium, Hop Oast, Horsham
Capacity	1,300
Chairman	Andrew Beadle
Manager	Mark Pullers
League	Southern Combination Division One
2023–24	Southern Combination Division One, 11th of 18
Website	http://copthornefc.co.uk/
Home colours	Away colours

Copthorne Football Club is a football club based in Copthorne in West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at the Camping World Community Stadium in Horsham.

History

The club was established in 2004. Becoming members of the Mid-Sussex League, they were Division Six champions in 2007–08.^[1] The won a treble in the 2009–10 season, winning Division Five, the Sommerville Challenge Cup and the Stratford Cup.^[1] Also winning Division Three the following season.^[1] And finishing second in Division Two in the 2011–12 season.^[2] They were promoted into the Premier Division at the end of the 2014–15 season after finishing third.^[3]

The club joined the Southern Combination Football League Division Two for the 2018–19 season, finishing 2nd but did not apply to enter step 6 in the English football league system pyramid. Applying for promotion into Division One in the 2021–22 season, the league declined due to the ground-grading, the club moved from King George's Field in Copthorne, and entered a groundshare agreement with Horsham for the 2022–23 in which they finished 2nd but gained promotion into Division One for the 2023–24 season. ^[4]

Ground

Copthorne play their home games at Horsham's Camping World Community Stadium, Hop Oast in Horsham, West Sussex.

Originally playing on King Georges playing fields in Copthorne, the club had a one-year groundshare agreement for the 2022–23 season whilst they were looking to find land for their own stadium.^[4]

Honours

League

Mid-Sussex League

Division One runners-up (1): 2012–13

Division Two runners-up (1): 2011–12

Division Three champions (1): 2010–11

Division Five champions (1): 2009–10

Division Six champions (1): 2007–08

Southern Combination League

Division Two runners-up (2): 2018–19, 2022–23

Cups

Division One Cup: 2023–24
Sommerville Challenge Cup

Winners (1): 2009–10

Stratford Cup

Winners (1): 2009–10

Mid-Sussex Senior Charity Cup

Winners (1): 2015–16

References

^ ^a ^b ^c League Honours Mid-Sussex Football League
^ Mid-Sussex League history 2002–2012 Non-League Matters
^ Gray Hooper Holt LLP Mid Sussex Football League FA Full Time
^ ^a ^b 'Matt Pole' (3 May 2022). "Copthorne confirm groundshare agreement with Horsham FC". Sussex Express.

External links

Official website
Copthorne at the Football Club History Database

51°02′49″N 0°20′26″W / 51.04694°N 0.34056°W / 51.04694; -0.34056

[HB-1] League Honours Mid-Sussex Football League

[NLM-2] Mid-Sussex League history 2002–2012 Non-League Matters

[FT-3] Gray Hooper Holt LLP Mid Sussex Football League FA Full Time

[ground-4] 'Matt Pole' (3 May 2022). "Copthorne confirm groundshare agreement with Horsham FC". Sussex Express.

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